Bay Charter?

A lot of good choice here.  If you want to get out from Sausalito, Outer Limits, Big C's, and New Rayann (all three are usually fully booked in advance).  Out of Berkeley, New Easy Rider, and El Dorado.  I am talking about salmon trips.  If you want to stay in the bay, I would go with SF or Berkeley choices.  Tigerfish and New Huck Finn out of Berkeley are also another good boat for the inside bay.
Outer Limits is a catamaran, so its spacier and more stable than a single hull boat (this is mostly true but subjective to some).

Tiger fish and New Huck Finn are out of Emerville

pssssst. jay yokomizo jay yokomizo NEW HUCK FINN

New huck fin for rockfish/lingcod at the Farallons, New Easy rider for salmon, and barbarian for halibut. All good boats tho!

+1 for gatherer outfitters!

+2 for Gatherer!

I'm wanting to take my son on a birthday fishing trip as well.  I'll be watching for follow up posts

Reservations made for me and the boy on the New Huck Finn for Monday.  I have a couple questions;
1. Does the boat provide gunny sacks/burlap bags or do I need to bring my own?
2. Is it better to fillet my own catch or pay the crew to do that chore?
3. What is the customary tip and who do I give it to?
4. Do I take my large ice chest on board or leave in the car and just take an insulated bag? 
5. Big breakfast, small breakfast, no breakfast?  Or dinner the night before?

Here's a list of 'stuff' I am planning to take.  Is it too much or am I forgetting anything?

windbreaker/waterproof
layer shirt, hoodie along with that windbreaker
Fingerless gloves with mitten attachment for when it's colder.
Rubber soled shoes
Sunscreen
Lip Balm
Hat
Sunglasses
Hoo-rag
Seasick meds
wet wipes
terry cloth towel
pocket knife
tape measure
flashlight
ziplock bags for wallet, phone, etc.
insulated fish-kill bag/burlap sack
backpack to carry it all in

Medium sized PlayMate Ice chest
bottled water
Ginger ale soda
Chex mix snack
foot long Subway sammich; cold-cut combo extra meat.  (cut into 2" slices for easy handling and keeping cool)
Thermos of Lipton chicken noodle soup. (best thing I found to settle my stomach when doing chemo)

Regarding sea or motion sickness; I've never had any problems when on the ocean in my kayak, rather enjoy it actually.  Just looking at the horizon occasionally is all I've ever needed to get rid of dizzy feeling. 

Thanks for any tips or advice!

John Badger on the Barbarian fantastic hardworking crew and the man is an excellent fisherman

Second that. Badger will fish from sundown to sunup if you are up for it!

I'm wanting to take my son on a birthday fishing trip as well.  I'll be watching for follow up posts

Reservations made for me and the boy on the New Huck Finn for Monday.  I have a couple questions;
1. Does the boat provide gunny sacks/burlap bags or do I need to bring my own?
2. Is it better to fillet my own catch or pay the crew to do that chore?
3. What is the customary tip and who do I give it to?
4. Do I take my large ice chest on board or leave in the car and just take an insulated bag? 
5. Big breakfast, small breakfast, no breakfast?  Or dinner the night before?

Here's a list of 'stuff' I am planning to take.  Is it too much or am I forgetting anything?

windbreaker/waterproof
layer shirt, hoodie along with that windbreaker
Fingerless gloves with mitten attachment for when it's colder.
Rubber soled shoes
Sunscreen
Lip Balm
Hat
Sunglasses
Hoo-rag
Seasick meds
wet wipes
terry cloth towel
pocket knife
tape measure
flashlight
ziplock bags for wallet, phone, etc.
insulated fish-kill bag/burlap sack
backpack to carry it all in

Medium sized PlayMate Ice chest
bottled water
Ginger ale soda
Chex mix snack
foot long Subway sammich; cold-cut combo extra meat.  (cut into 2" slices for easy handling and keeping cool)
Thermos of Lipton chicken noodle soup. (best thing I found to settle my stomach when doing chemo)

Regarding sea or motion sickness; I've never had any problems when on the ocean in my kayak, rather enjoy it actually.  Just looking at the horizon occasionally is all I've ever needed to get rid of dizzy feeling. 

Thanks for any tips or advice!

I go out on the NHF several times a year. They will put you on the fish. Your list looks good. Take all that stuff and put it in a Backpack or two. Bring several bungies. When you board the boat, Bungie the backpack to the rail on the spots you pick. I prefer one of the corners on the stern.  Make sure it is suspended and not touching the deck. That way everything will stay dry.
 

1. Does the boat provide gunny sacks/burlap bags or do I need to bring my own? They will provide one for you.
2. Is it better to fillet my own catch or pay the crew to do that chore? I have them do it on the way in. They charge per fish and what type.
3. What is the customary tip and who do I give it to? They have a jar/can that's set up when cleaning the fish on the way in. They work hard so I, at the very least, double what they charge for cleaning the fish. It all depends on how we interacted and how much they helped me.
4. Do I take my large ice chest on board or leave in the car and just take an insulated bag?  Leave the large cooler in the car. A small/medium bag for your beer and eats is all you'll need. There will all ways be some moron that brings a huge 100 gallon cooler. They just end up getting in the way.
5. Big breakfast, small breakfast, no breakfast?  Or dinner the night before? I don't get seasick so no Dramamine for me. I prefer a light breakfast and then eat lightly while I'm out there.

Good luck, Kevin

I'm wanting to take my son on a birthday fishing trip as well.  I'll be watching for follow up posts

Reservations made for me and the boy on the New Huck Finn for Monday.  I have a couple questions;
1. Does the boat provide gunny sacks/burlap bags or do I need to bring my own?
2. Is it better to fillet my own catch or pay the crew to do that chore?
3. What is the customary tip and who do I give it to?
4. Do I take my large ice chest on board or leave in the car and just take an insulated bag? 
5. Big breakfast, small breakfast, no breakfast?  Or dinner the night before?

Here's a list of 'stuff' I am planning to take.  Is it too much or am I forgetting anything?

windbreaker/waterproof
layer shirt, hoodie along with that windbreaker
Fingerless gloves with mitten attachment for when it's colder.
Rubber soled shoes
Sunscreen
Lip Balm
Hat
Sunglasses
Hoo-rag
Seasick meds
wet wipes
terry cloth towel
pocket knife
tape measure
flashlight
ziplock bags for wallet, phone, etc.
insulated fish-kill bag/burlap sack
backpack to carry it all in

Medium sized PlayMate Ice chest
bottled water
Ginger ale soda
Chex mix snack
foot long Subway sammich; cold-cut combo extra meat.  (cut into 2" slices for easy handling and keeping cool)
Thermos of Lipton chicken noodle soup. (best thing I found to settle my stomach when doing chemo)

Regarding sea or motion sickness; I've never had any problems when on the ocean in my kayak, rather enjoy it actually.  Just looking at the horizon occasionally is all I've ever needed to get rid of dizzy feeling. 

Thanks for any tips or advice!

You probably won't touch half of the stuff in your list but it's fine as long as they fit into one backpack. I will say one bag per two persons since there is limited space on deck and cabin.  An extra jacket for the morning and a pair of gloves are great to have IMO.

The only thing we didn't use were gloves.  It was rather warm after sunrise, so the wind breaker was nice.  Later, it was used as a pillow on the 3 hour trip back.  Wide brim hats were really appreciated over just a ball cap.  My son got a little queasy on the way out as we got into a fog bank, but once we got into fish, all that went away as he 'forgot' about being sick and had a blast reeling up his catches.  Technically did not use the flashlight, but the light and knife were built in together and did use the knife to cut up the sammich.   Towel was sweet after landing and bagging the fish, then later as we culled out for larger fish and passed along the smaller to other guys not doing as well.  We also did not use the ziplock bags for wallets or phones, we each had cargo pants with button pockets and heavy canvas to kept things safe and dry. 

The New Huck Finn can carry up to 22 guests but today there were only 11 of us plus the captain and the deck crew.  My son, Scott, and I had the whole starboard back and side of the boat, sharing the stern with the Deck Hand Jay, I think, who had time to toss a swim bait and land a couple nice lings himself.  Around 2pm I asked Jay when we were headed back in, he told me we don't go in until everyone has a limit.  Right on!  We capped the limit about 30 minutes later and back at the dock by 5:30pm.  Schedule had said 4pm, but that was one dedicated crew and captain to keep us out there long enough to get our limits.  The fishing wasn't really slow, it was steady.  Captain had to work to keep us on the reef, fishing off Point Reyes as the current drift was about 3mph.  With a light passenger load, very few tangles, mostly from fish swiming around other lines. 
We had a USFW guy on board who measured and identified every catch both those kept and those released.  The ones released we handed over right away, so he measured and dropped back into the drink, those we kept, he went around to each burlap bag, identified the fisherman and dumped the catch on deck to measure and categorize.  Some he did as the deckhand cleaned the catch.  Scott caught a rather large Golden Eye that had to go back and he wasn't happy about that.  Beautiful fish.  I had a HUGE ling hichhiker deckhand said was likely in the 40 pound range.  He coached me to keep a steady reel and don't let his head break the water surface.  We got to see it as the gaff was brought out but for some reason, it just let go before it could be secured.  My god it was BIG!  Ha!  I told Scott to keep fishing when he would feel small fish on,  and he got a couple hitch hikers as well.  Unfortunately, they too dropped off before getting to the gaff.  I'd say if you are looking for trophy sized ling, take the New Huck Fin and some LARGE live bait and bounce the bottom.  They don't mess with anchovies or sand dabs, they eat the stuff that eats your anchovies or sand dabs. 
I missed the largest fish pot by one pound!  drat!  Phooey!  Darn!  I'm sure those were the words I used.  Ha! 
I will be back for more fishing action now that my ocean kayaking days are pretty much over.  We got to meet a lot of great guys on the trip out and back, great fishing action, a well run boat that was clean and well provisioned.  We could not have asked for a better time.